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Malay Magic / Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula

Chapter 248: [clxxvii] Menghantarkan Blanja [p. 367.
By Walter William Skeat
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A compilation of Malay Peninsula folklore, popular religion, and magical practices drawn from manuscripts, published sources, and the author's field notes, presenting creation myths, supernatural beings, charms, incantations, ritual practices, and folk explanations for illness and misfortune. The text emphasizes literal translations of spells and formulæ with originals in an appendix, confines attention to Malay communities of the peninsula, and compares recurring motifs while avoiding non-Malay populations. Methodological notes explain evidence and limits. The volume serves as an introductory survey that organizes material thematically—cosmology, spirit lore, protective and harmful magic, divination, and ritual observances—without claiming exhaustive treatment.

[clxxvii] Menghantarkan Blanja [p. 367.

Rumah kechil para-nya lima

Tempat menyalei ikan kerisi;

Aiu hei, Inche, sahya bertanya

Brapa-kah harga intan disini?

Tali kail panjang-nya lima

’Kan pengail ikan tenggiri;

Tujoh tahil sakati lima,

Itulah harga intan disini.

Kalau tidak rengas di tanjong

Pandan di hulu di-rebahkan;

Kalau tidak mas di-kandong,

Badan dahulu di-serahkan.

Kalau tiada rengas di tanjong,

Ambil beringin pagarkan dulang;

Kalau tiada mas di-kandong,

Jangan inginkan anak orang.

Ribu-ribu batang terpanggong,

’Kan dudok batang rumbia;

Meski sa-ribu hutang ’ku tanggong,

Asal ’ku pinang anak dia.

[Kalau mahu]

Saputangan jatoh ka laut,

Jatoh dengan kalas-kalas-nya;

Panjang tangan sahya menyambut,

Satu tidak akan balas-nya.

Baik kalas, baik tidak,

Lenggundi tumboh di panchor;

Baik baik, baik tidak,

Tegal de’ budi hati-’ku hanchor.

[Kalau ta’ mahu]

’Che Ungku mudik ka hulu

Ambil kain basoh nila-nya;

Kalau yang itu, biar-lah dahulu,

Kalau yang lain, barang bila-nya.

’Plam ’Che Dol Amat

Jatoh tergolek ka dalam paya;

Kalau ta’ dapat dengan hikmat,

Tilekkan tuju prang maya.

Kalau ta’ rapat puan de’ bingku

Nasi kunyit panggang ayam;

Kalau ta’ dapat Tuan di-aku,

Langit sengit, dunia karam!

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